Thank You, Alice: How Year of the Tiger Reignites a T-Rex’s Passion
This post is from Jason's literary corner. It discusses a book I recently read about disability and what it means to have one. I hope you enjoy it. Thank You, Alice: How Year of the Tiger Reignites a T-Rex's Passion I recently finished the book “Year of the Tiger,” written by Alice Wong. I thought I would be reading another disability memoir, but I was wrong. Alice’s book was not a memoir. It was what I like to call an anti-memoir. Her book made me rethink the direction that my advocacy is meant to take. The rest of this piece will highlight key concepts of the book that I believe will improve how I advocate for people with disabilities. Finally, it will serve as my version of a thank you letter to Alice for her tremendous honesty and bluntness. Her book is divided into seven sections. Each section follows a theme and comprises several essays embodying that theme. For example, all the essays in Origins describe how Alice’s activism began. Two essays in this section resonat